Diversity

SpeakOut: An Honors Carolina PRIDE Conversation with Tony Kearney ’87

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join alumnus Tony Kearney (Director, Strategic Relationships/Planned Parenthood Southeast) for coffee and conversation. Tony specializes in identifying, building, and fostering organizational relationships that build connections between Planned Parenthood and allies. We invite you to visit with Tony and learn more about … Continued

SpeakOut: an Honors Carolina PRIDE conversation with Jay W. Sammons ’98 (Managing Director and Head of the Global Consumer, Media & Retail Team, The Carlyle Group)

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join alumnus Jay W. Sammons (Managing Director and Head of the Global Consumer, Media & Retail Team, The Carlyle Group) for coffee and conversation. After graduating from UNC, Jay earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and worked at J.P. … Continued

Carol McDonald, CEO Meridian Solutions/Principal, 76 Words

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Carol is a seasoned communications professional with over 20 years of experience in communications strategy, issue advocacy, electoral campaigns and power-building. Before launching Meridian Solutions, she spent a decade leading organizing and advocacy work at Planned Parenthood Federation of America … Continued

Mackenzie Thomas, Product Inclusion, Equity, & Diversity at Google

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join Mackenzie Thomas (UNC ’13) for a discussion on inclusive storytelling, civic technology, and the intersection of media and tech. Mackenzie has spent the last 6 years at Google, most recently leading product and marketing inclusion for some of Google’s … Continued

Honors Carolina PRIDE Official Launch Party

Graham Memorial Lounge 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

  October 11 is National Coming Out Day—and what better way to celebrate than by helping us officially launch Honors Carolina PRIDE! Join us in the Graham Memorial Lounge for appetizers, music, door prizes, and more! REGISTER TODAY! As part … Continued

SpeakOut: An Honors Carolina PRIDE Conversation with Erik Eaker ’94 BSPH, ’97 MHA

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join alumnus Erik Eaker (Director, Experience Strategy and Transformation/Humana) for coffee and conversation. Erik is a creative population health strategist, business developer and customer experience expert with US and international health care consulting and wellness solutions experience. His work and … Continued

SpeakOut: An Honors Carolina PRIDE Conversation with Alex Mebane ’18

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Since graduating in 2018, Honors Carolina alumnus Alex Mebane has found creative ways to build a community and combine his personal interests with new professional pursuits. As a Clinical Research Assistant in the UNC School of Medicine, Alex has continually honed … Continued

Hi-Tech Color: Diversity in Tech Panel

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Are you taking or thinking about taking a Computer Science class? Or are you a CS major/minor preparing to secure or start an internship? Are you a minority in the tech field, thinking about how it’s possible to navigate or … Continued

An Introduction to UNC’s Program in Sexuality Studies

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join Honors Carolina PRIDE as we host Dr. Jacob Lau (Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies) for an information session on UNC’s Program in Sexuality Studies. As director of the program, Dr. Lau will discuss the history and mission … Continued

Honors Carolina PRIDE Across Campus: UNC LGBTQ Center

Graham Memorial Front Porch 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Honors Carolina PRIDE is offering a new series this fall - PRIDE Across Campus - which will invite students to visit and learn more about different offices, centers, and resources that provide support to the queer campus community. Our first … Continued